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Christmas 2016 Thursday December 1, 7:30Pm First United Methodist Church, Victoria December 1-11, 2016 Christmas 2016 Thursday December 1, 7:30pm First United Methodist Church, Victoria Friday December 2, 7:30 pm St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, Houston Saturday December 3, 8:00pm The Carillon on Exposition, Austin Sunday December 4, 8:00pm The Carillon on Exposition, Austin Monday December 5, 7:30pm Long Center for the Performing Arts, Austin Wednesday December 7, 7:30pm Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, San Antonio Friday December 9, 8:00pm The Carillon on Exposition, Austin Saturday December 10, 8:00pm The Carillon on Exposition, Austin Sunday December 11, 7:00pm St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church, Dallas Craig Hella Johnson, Artistic Director & Conductor Matt Alber, Special Guest Artist Thomas Burritt, Percussion Season Sustaining Underwriter & San Antonio Performance Sponsor ® Austin Performance Sponsors Wendi & Brian Kushner San Antonio Performance Sponsor Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts 1 1 Stories. Who doesn’t enjoy a good story– a story that somewhere between “Once upon a time...” and “...happily ever after” juxtaposes paradoxical humanity for its beauty and ugliness, its simplicity and complexity, its strength and fragility. Conspirare Christmas tells a story. The assemblage of numerous musical styles spotlights the lyrics, which are the heart of Conspirare Christmas. The texts explore deeply human experiences, while the music resonates to enter our inner being. I recall one evening when an audience member “Love, I find, is like singing.” wept softly through most of a concert, frequently dabbing moist eyes. And at one dress rehearsal, I was the one to wipe away tears—so many – Zora Neale Hurston tears that I slipped outside into the cold to mourn crushed dreams and to allow music’s restorative gentleness to renew my spirit. Conspirare Christmas is both a cherished tradition and, each year, a fresh and new musical journey. We try to listen closely to what is moving through our lives and explore meaning during the holidays through the Often, Conspirare Christmas begins with the toll of a single bell, a solo gift of music. voice, or several voices singing in unison. Yet singing begets singing; and soon, the full ensemble joins to tell of a journey from sorrow to joy, brokenness to fulfillment, darkness to light, loneliness to relationship. Even though we hold these concerts in chapel spaces and concert halls, And before we arrive at our story’s end, everyone sings—even the I want to evoke the feeling that we are spontaneously singing together audience. This is always my favorite part of Conspirare Christmas: the in a friendly, informal shared space that is meant to hold all our stories. sound of all the voices in the venue joyfully making music together. It’s especially fun when you catch eyes with someone else and share With this annual series I am interested in breaking down walls between delighted smiles. We begin as individuals and depart as a community. musical styles and periods as a vital metaphor for what it means to live as We have listened intently, and we have been listened to. Twenty years a global human family. We draw on many traditions and poets, and come ago, just as the rehearsal for my very first Conspirare Christmas was together for renewal, contemplation and celebration. As an invitation to about to begin, a fellow singer passionately shared that these concerts truly connect with one another we ask the same question in countless were her favorite musical event of the year. May this Conspirare ways: What is it to truly love, and how can we celebrate being fully alive? Christmas—whether it’s your first or your twenty-first—nourish your soul with joy, and inspire you to keep listening and singing! We are deeply grateful to so many of you who share this experience with us year after year—you have truly become co-creators. To those of you Cynthia I. Gonzales began singing in choirs when she was taller sitting who are new with us I want to extend a warm welcome. You create and in a church pew than standing up on her own two feet. From 1996-2011, hold the space in which Conspirare Christmas takes place. May your she performed with Conspirare, singing in 16 consecutive Conspirare holidays be filled with peace and joy. Christmas concerts. For more than a decade, she served as Conspirare’s Soprano Section Leader, a position she also held during her four summer seasons with the Santa Fe Desert Chorale in the mid-1980s. Currently, Cynthia serves as Coordinator of Theory and Aural Skills at Texas State University, where she is a tenured faculty member in the School of Music. She is also Music Director at First Lutheran Church in San Marcos, TX. 2 3 These concerts are dedicated to cherished Conspirare friends REUNION SONG Lynne Dobson and Greg Wooldridge Africa David Paich (1954), Jeff Porcaro (1954–1992) Beautiful City Stephen Schwartz (b. 1948) Please refrain from applause except where indicated by +++++++++++++++ Baba Yetu Christopher Tin (b. 1976) Dance in the Graveyards Ian Christian Hölljes and THEY WOULD SEE DOLPHINS Eric Hölljes Gitanjali Chants Craig Hella Johnson (b. 1962) All of Us/Tightrope/Happy Craig Hella Johnson/ Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah Plainsong Chant Nathaniel Irvin Breakable Ingrid Michaelson (b. 1970) Charles Joseph II, O Come Little Children Johann A. P. Schulz (1747–1800) Antwan “Big Boi” Patton (b. 1975) Forgive the Children We Once Were Eric Richard Hölljes (b. 1987), and Janelle Robinson (b. 1985) Ian Christian Hölljes (b. 1985) Pharrell Williams (b. 1973) +++++++++++++++ Softly Will Todd (b. 1970) Veni Emmanuel Plainsong Chant COME LOVE, CAROLING Psalm of Invocation (from Vigilia) Eionujhani Rautavaara (b. 1928) O Come, All Ye Faithful John Francis Wade (1711–1786) Watching for Dolphins Craig Hella Johnson Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Felix Mendelssohn (1809 –1847), There’s Still My Joy Beth Nielsen Chapman (b. 1958), adapted by William H. Cummings Melissa Manchester (b. 1951), (1831–1915) Matthew Rollings (b. 1955) The Christmas Song Mel Tormé (1925–1999), Song of the Stars Craig Hella Johnson Robert Wells (b. 1962) Lobet dem Herrn J.S. Bach (1685–1750) Mary Did You Know Mark Lowry (b. 1958), (from Singet dem Herrn) Buddy Greene +++++++++++++++ Rise Up Shepherd and Follow African American Spiritual Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor Irving Berlin (1888–1989) LOVE IS A MIRROR Let There Be Peace on Earth Sy Miller (1908–1971) and I Want to Know What Love Is Mick Jones (b. 1955) Jill Jackson (1913–1995) We Are Ysaye Barnwell (b. 1946) Do You Hear What I Hear? Noel Regeny (1922–2002), End of the World Matt Alber (b. 1975) Gloria Shayne (1923–2008) Ruth Paul Ayres (b. 1970) We Wish You A Merry Christmas English Carol How We Love Beth Nielsen Chapman (b. 1958) Jingle Bells James Pierpont (1822–1893) arr. If I Had a Hammer Lee Hays (1914–1981), Julien Neel (b. 1976) Pete Seeger (1919–2014) Merry Christmas Baby Lou Baxter, Johnny Moore The Times They are a Changin’ Bob Dylan (b. 1941) (b. 1906–1969) All Good People Ian Christian Hölljes, Eric Hölljes Angels We Have Heard on High Traditional French Carol +++++++++++++++ Silent Night Franz Gruber (1787–1863) INTERLUDE CLOSING Pure Imagination Leslie Bricusse (b. 1931), Lullaby (Good Night, My Angel) Billy Joel (b. 1949) Anthony Newley (1931–1999) We Clasp the Hands Craig Hella Johnson I Could Have Danced All Night Frederick Loewe (1901–1988), arr. Craig Hella Johnson) +++++++++++++++ 4 5 THEY WOULD SEE DOLPHINS Ever in my life have I sought thee with my songs. It was they who led me from door to door, and with them have I felt about me, searching and touching my world. It was my songs that taught me all the lessons I ever learnt; they showed me secret paths, they brought before my sight many a star on the horizon of my heart. – Rabindranath Tagore Guide me, O thou great Jehovah, pilgrim though this barren land; So come, my friends, be not afraid. I am weak, but thou art mighty; We are so lightly here. hold me with thy powerful hand; It is in love that we are made; Bread of heaven, Bread of heaven, In love we disappear. feed me till I want no more, – Leonard Cohen feed me till I want no more. – William Williams, trans. Peter Williams Breakable Have you ever thought about what protects our hearts? Grandfather Great Spirit Just a cage of rib bones and other various parts. All over the world the faces of living ones are alike. So it’s fairly simple to cut right through the mess, With tenderness they have come up and out of the ground And to stop the muscle that makes us confess. Look upon your children that they may face the winds And walk the good road to the Day of Quiet. And we are so fragile, Grandfather Great Spirit And our cracking bones make noise, Fill us with the Light And we are just, Give us strength to understand, and the eyes to see. Breakable, breakable, breakable girls and boys. Teach us to walk the soft Earth as relatives to all that live. – Sioux Prayer And we are so fragile, And our cracking bones make noise, And we are just, Breakable, breakable, breakable girls- Breakable, breakable, breakable girls and boys. – Ingrid Michaelson O come, little children, O come one and all, (breakable, breakable girls and boys) To Bethlehem haste, to the manger so small, God’s son for a gift has been sent you this night To be your redeemer, your joy and delight. – J. C. von Schmid Breakable, breakable girls and boys… 6 7 And may Your light burn in me; Forgive the Children We Once Were We grew up in golden light May Your love endless be.
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